Highlights
of the Supreme Court's 2004-2005 Term
References for National Cable and Telecom. Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services (June 27, 2005)
Prior Opinions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Filed October 6, 2003
Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments
- Brief for the cable industry petitioners (PDF)
- Brief for the federal petitioners (PDF)
- Brief for respondents BellSouth and SBC in support of petitioners (PDF)
- Brief for respondents the Verizon Telephone Cos. et al. in support of reversal (PDF)
- Brief for respondents Earthlink, Inc., Brand X Internet Services, and Center for Digital Democracy (PDF)
- Brief for respondent MCI, Inc. (PDF)
- Reply brief for respondents the Verizon Telephone Cos. et al. in support of reversal (PDF)
- Supreme Court Oral Argument (PDF)
Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioner
Amicus Briefs in Support of Respondent
Articles & Commentary
- Ruling a Big Win for Cable Firms, Hiawatha Bray for The Boston Globe (June 2005)
- Cable Wins Internet-Access Ruling, Saul Hansell for The New York Times (June 2005)
- Cable's Win is Consumers' Loss, Robert MacMillan for The Washington Post (June 2005)
- Cable Can Control Web Access, Says Court, Laura Sydell for NPR (June 2005)
- Supreme Court Says Cable Companies Can Keep Broadband Lines to Themselves, Tom Henry for Jurist Paperchase (June 2005)
- Duke Cert - National Cable v. Brand X
- Medill School of Journalism - Whitney Beckett for "On the Docket"
